base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Echiiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus verticillato-spicatis
costatis viscosis, foliis 5, 6, sive septenis rigidis, marginibus
asperis.
DESCRIPTIO.
SUFFRUTEX bipedalis, caulis flexuoso-erectus, ramis adscendentibus,
verticillatis, ramulis simplicibus, rigidis, irregulariter sulcatis.
FOLIA irregulariter verticillata, sed sæpius 5, 6, vel septena,
horizontalia, vel parum recurvata et flexuosa, apicibus incurvis,
rigida, et ad margines asperiuscula, sordide viridia, supra lineâ
elevatâ, subtus sulcatâ, petiolis prælongis adpressis in sulculos
ramulorum.
FLORES fere terminales, in spicam dense verticillati, horizontales,
pedunculis pubescentibus, tribracteatis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis inferne ovatis, sed superne longe
acuminatis, viscosis, pubescentibus, subtus sulcatis.
COROLLA tubulosa, brevis, inflata, instar Echium, saturate carnea,
costata, viscosa, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, lanuginosum, glandulis 8 nectariferis;
stylus filiformis; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lanatum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers in whorled spikes
ribbed and viscous, leaves in fives, sixes or sevens, and rigid, with
rough margins.
DESCRIPTION.
A SMALL shrub, two feet high, the stem flexuose-erect, with ascending,
whorled branches, and lesser branches simple, rigid, and irregularly
furrowed.
LEAVES irregularly whorled, but chiefly in fives, sixes, or sevens,
horizontal, or a little recurved and flexuose, with incurved points,
rigid, and at the margins roughish, of a dingy green colour, above
marked by an elevated line, beneath channelled, with very long
foot-stalks pressed into the little furrows of the branchlets.
FLOWERS almost terminal in a spike densely whorled, horizontal, with
peduncles pubescent, and furnished with three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets downwards egg-shaped, but
upwardly far acuminated, viscous, pubescent, and furrowed beneath.
BLOSSOM tubular, short, inflated, resembling an Echium, deep
flesh-colour, ribbed, and viscous, with spreading, rounded segments.
CHIVES eight, hair-like; tips beardless, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly; with eight honey-bearing
glands; shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The Calyx with the floral leaves magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
5. The woolly Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA elegans.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis terminalibus, capitatis,
ventricosis, foliis ternatis trigonis glaucis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS robustus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, ramulis patulis, cortice
fuscescente.
FOLIA ternata, trigona, linearia, glauca, parum incurvata, sub-erecta.
FLORES capitati, terminates, cernui; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus
etiam coloratis instructi, et involucro polyphyllo; foliolis involucri
ovatis, acutis, saturate roseis, apicibus viridibus.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, acutis, concavis, saturate roseis.
COROLLA deorsum ventricosa, superne arctata, basi carnea, ore viridi,
laciniis 4, semiovatis, obtusis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis, inclusus; stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembre ad Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et bracteæ.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Eadem expansa.
5. Stamen lente auctum.
6. Pistillum, stigmate diducto, lenteque aucto.
7. Germen auctum.
8. Ramulus cum involucro florum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom, blossoms terminal, headed,
ventricose, leaves in threes three-sided and glaucous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM stout, shrubby, a foot high, branched, with the branches spreading,
and a brownish bark.
LEAVES in threes, three-sided, linear, glaucous, a little incurved, and
rather erect.
FLOWERS headed, terminal, cernuous; peduncles coloured, furnished with
three floral leaves also coloured, and a many-leaved involucrum; with
its little leaves ovate, acute, deep rose-coloured, with green points.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, acute, concave,
and of a deep rose-colour.
BLOSSOM bellied below, contracted above, flesh-coloured at the base,
with a green mouth, with four obtuse, half-ovate segments.
CHIVES eight, hair-like; tips crested, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped, within the
blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from November till February.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and floral leaves.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The same expanded.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal, with the summit detached and
magnified.
7. The Germen magnified.
8. A Branch with the involucrum of the flowers.
[Illustration]
ERICA emarginata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, sub-inclusis: floribus terminalibus. Calyx
emarginatus. Corolla campanulata, alba. Folia terna. Caulis erectus,
dumosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi,
erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, trigona, crassa, rigida, revoluta, acuta, glabra, supra
plana, subtus canaliculata: marginibus minute fimbriatis.
FLORES ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. Pedunculi albi, bracteis
tribus instructi, pilis nigris emarginatis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, albis, adpressis, pilis nigris
emarginatis.
COROLLA campanulata, alba: oris laciniis æqualibus, revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem subtus lente auctum.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal.
Empalement emarginated. Blossom bell-shaped and white. Leaves by threes.
Stem upright, and bushy.
DESCRIPTIO.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot high. The large and small branches are
numerous, erect, and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid, rolled back, pointed and
smooth, flat on their upper surface and channelled beneath; with
minutely fringed edges.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. Footstalks
white, and furnished with three floral leaves emarginated with black
hairs.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved. Leaflets are ovate, white, pressed to the
blossom, and emarginated with black hairs.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are equal, and
rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, and just within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base.
Shaft without. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The under side of the same magnified.
3. Empalement magnified.
4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA erubescens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis. Corolla cylindracea, pilis
glandulosis densissime circumsessa; imprimis alba, denique rosea. Calyx
duplex, imbricatus. Folia quaterna, rigida, aculeata.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sub-bipedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli numerosi, simplices.
FOLIA quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata; petioli
adpressi.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, quaterni, nutantes; pedunculi brevissimi.
CALYX duplex: exterior triphyllus, maximus, late ovatus, sulcatus,
squamosus, dentatus, interiori adpressus, qui est tetraphyllus.
COROLLA cylindracea, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa
sub-pollicaribus; os intus pilosum, laciniis rotundis, revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Stylus
filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folii inferior pars lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla lente aucta.
4. Stamina diducta; antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Blossom cylindrical,
closely beset with glandular hairs; white at first, and then dying off
of a rose colour. Empalement double, and tiled. Leaves by fours, harsh,
and prickly.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, near two feet high. Large branches few. Smaller ones
numerous, and simple.
LEAVES by fours, lance-shaped, prickly, deeply furrowed beneath. The
footstalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches by fours, hanging down; footstalks
very short.
EMPALEMENT double: the outer one three-leaved, very large, broadly
egg-shaped, furrowed, scaly, and toothed; pressed to the inner one,
which is four-leaved.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, closely beset with glandular hairs near an inch
long; the inner part of the mouth hairy; the segments round, and rolled
back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The underside of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom magnified.
4. The Chives detached; one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA ferruginea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus ampullaceis, verticillatis,
horizontalibus, carneis, viscosis; foliis sub-quaternis, confertis,
pilis longis ferrugineis circumcessis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus, erectus, sub-pedalis; rami et ramuli
flexuosi, filiformes, foliis sub-tecti.
FOLIA sub-quaterna, obtusa, pilis longis ferrugineis circumcessa, supra
plana, subtus leviter sulcata; petiolis longis, adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, simpliciter verticillati, horizontales;
pedunculi colorati, hispiduli, bracteis tribus hirsutis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliola lanceolata, pilis longis
ferrugineis ad apices.
COROLLA basi inflata, apice attenuata; ima pars carnea, summa saturate
purpurea, ore arctata; laciniis acutis, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum. Stylus inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers flask-shaped,
growing in horizontal whorls, flesh-coloured, and clammy; leaves mostly
by fours, crowded, and beset with long rusty-coloured hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby, upright, and scarce a foot high; the large and small
branches are flexuose, thread-shaped, and nearly covered by the leaves.
LEAVES mostly by fours, blunt-ended, and beset with long rusty-coloured
hairs, flat on the upper surface, and slightly furrowed beneath;
footstalks long, and pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches in single horizontal whorls;
footstalks coloured, slightly hispid, and furnished with three hairy
floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with long
rusty-coloured hairs at their points.
BLOSSOM inflated at the base, and tapering to the point; the lower part
of a flesh-colour, the upper of a deep purple, straightened at the
mouth; the segments are pointed, and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle; tips
beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud club-shaped. Shaft within. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA fimbriata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; corollis sub-globosis;
calycibus fimbriatis; foliis crassis, serrulatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis; ramis filiformibus, flexuosis.
FOLIA terna et quaterna, erecto-patentia, obtusa, carinata, serrulata.
FLORES in extremis ramulis terminales, terni et ultra, cernuo-patentes;
pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus fimbriatis, adpressis.
CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis ovatis, squamosis, fimbriatis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, rubro-purpurea; laciniis semi-orbiculatis,
æqualibus, patentibus.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem subtus.
3. Corolla.
4. Flores varietatis albæ et purpureæ.
5. Calyx et Bracteæ lente aucta.
6. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.
7. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at their base, within the blossom, which is
nearly globe-shaped; the empalement fringed; leaves thick, and slightly
sawed.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, half a foot high; the branches thread-shaped and pliant.
LEAVES by threes and fours, erect and spreading, obtuse, keeled, and
slightly sawed.
FLOWERS grow at the extremity of the smaller branches in threes or more,
between nodding and spreading; the footstalks are short, with three
fringed floral leaves pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, scaly, and fringed.
BLOSSOM nearly globular, of a red purple; the segments form a half
round, equal and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned at the base, and within
the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The under side of the same.
3. A Blossom.
4. Flowers of a white and purple variety.
5. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified.
6. The Chives and Pointal magnified.
7. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA globosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus. Stylus exertus. Corolla
globosa, incarnata, umbellata, cernua. Pedunculi longissimi. Folia
terna, spathulata, patentia, glanduloso-villosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, villosi,
erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, spathulata, subtus carinata, supra plana; marginibus
glandulosis, revolutis.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi
longissimi, glanduloso-pilosi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, carinatis,
glandulosis.
COROLLA globosa, incarnata; oris laciniis obtusis, incurvatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheris bicornibus, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis,
exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Idem subtus lente auctum.
3. Calyx et Corolla.
4. Calyx lente auctus.
5. Stamina et Pistillum.
6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
7. Stamen unum lente auctum.
8. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
9. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at the base. Shaft
without. Blossom globular, flesh-coloured, umbelled, and nodding.
Footstalks very long. Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, spreading, and
glandularly hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are
numerous, hairy, and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, spathula-shaped, keeled beneath, flat on the upper
surface. The margins are glandular, and rolled back.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Footstalks very
long, and glandularly hairy.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, keeled, and
glandular.
BLOSSOM globular, flesh-coloured. The segments of the border are obtuse,
and turned inwards.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The under side of the same, magnified.
3. The Empalement and Blossom.
4. The Empalement magnified.
5. The Chives and Pointal.
6. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
7. A Chive magnified.
8. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
9. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA glutinosa _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, corollis glutinosissimis,
verticillatis, horizontalibus, pallide viridibus, semi-uncialibus, et
costatis. Folia sena.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, bipedalis. Rami simplices, longi, verticillati.
FOLIA sena, linearia acuminata, glabra, læviter sulcata, patentia.
FLORES sub apicibus ramorum conferti, verticillato-horizontales.
Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyci adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis,
adpressis.
COROLLA cylindrica, semi-uncialis, pallide viridis, glutinosissima,
nitida et costata, oris laciniis parum reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum et superne sericeum. Stylus
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembri ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente
aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossoms, which are extremely
clammy, in whorls, horizontal, and of a pale green, half an inch long,
and ribbed. Leaves by sixes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, two feet high. The branches are simple, long, and whorled.
LEAVES grow by sixes, are linear-pointed and smooth, slightly furrowed,
and spreading.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches, pressed together in
horizontal whorls. The footstalks are short, having three floral leaves
pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, clammy, and pressed
to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, half an inch long, of a pale green, very clammy,
shining and ribbed, the segments of the mouth slightly reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed and silky at the upper
part. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
4. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Hibbertia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; corollis bi-coloratis, viscosis,
sub-cylindricis, curvatis, speciosissimis; foliis senis, confertis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis, robustus; ramis patentibus.
FOLIA sena, obtusa, crassa, conferta, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES sub-terminales, plures, in verticillis simplicibus. Pedunculi
longi, colorati; bracteis tribus viridibus.
CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis ovatis, crassis, adpressis.
COROLLA sub-cylindracea, curvata, tenuissime sulcata, micans, viscosa,
saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis, laciniis superne
patentibus.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheris muticis sub-inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ et stigmate
lente auctis.
3. Germen lente auctum.
4. Corolla varietatis minoris.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossoms; blossom
two-coloured, viscous, nearly cylindrical, curved, and very handsome;
leaves by sixes, and crowded.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot high, stout; the larger branches are
spreading.
LEAVES in sixes, obtuse, thick and crowded, smooth on their upper and
furrowed on their under surface.
FLOWERS are numerous, in single whorls, near the summits of the
branches. The foot-stalks are long, coloured, and furnished with three
green floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, thick, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, curved, slightly furrowed, shining and
viscous, of a deep bright red, but towards the apex green, with the
upper part of the segments spreading.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Chives detached, one tip and the summit
magnified.
3. The Seed-bud magnified.
4. A Blossom of a smaller variety.
[Illustration]
ERICA hirta, _Var. viridiflora_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus ternis, cylindraceis,
viridibus; foliis ternis et quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, hirtis;
caule erecto; ramis simplicibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, bipedalis, villosus; ramuli terni, verticillati.
FOLIA terna et quaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, hirta, supra plana,
subtus sulcata.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, patento-cernui; pedunculi
brevissimi, bracteæ tres lanceolatæ, ciliatæ, longitudine calycis,
adpressæ.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis,
sulcatis.
COROLLA cylindracea, pollicaris, viridis; laciniis obtusis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris in Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.